Himilkon (general)

Himilkon was a Carthaginian general .

Life

It is reported that Himilkon was born in 406/405 BC. BC tried to gain dominion over Sicily. After an outbreak of an epidemic, however, he was forced to make a comparison with Dionysius I of Syracuse . 396/397 BC He landed again in Sicily, and failed again - again due to a plague that struck his army - in front of Syracuse . His army was destroyed by Dionysius.

literature

Kai Brodersen and Bernhard Zimmermann (ed.): People of the ancient world . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar, ISBN 3-476-02023-1 , page 99.
Thomas Lenschau : Himilkon 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Sp. 1640-1643.

personal data
SURNAME	Himilkon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Carthaginian general
DATE OF BIRTH	before 406 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 396 BC Chr.